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You scooped up a spoonful of soup and shoved it in your mouth. It had been 5 days since you had escaped from Kouha. All the girls in the room had sympathized with you and promised not to tell a soul about you staying there. Now, you became restless as the day was coming to an end. Tomorrow was the day you would escape the city. You shoved another spoonful of your dinner into your mouth. When you thought Chiyo had known everyone in the city you must have been right because she also knew some people who were willing to help you get out of the city.

While you picked up another spoonful of soup, Chiyo entered the room, "Are you excited for tomorrow?!"

"More like extremely nervous." Tomorrow would be the day that decided your future. Would you make it out of the city or would you be caught?

"Ah, don't be worried. We'll get you out."

"Right!" You replied enthusiastically, Chiyo had been so nice to you. She seemed to be the only good thing in your crazy world. You were glad to have a friend.

"Well, I better get back to work before anyone comes looking for me." She jumped up and ran out the door. You noticed a paper fall down onto the floor, she must have dropped it. You got out of the bed and picked it up. Looking at the folded up paper you decided it was none of your business to look at other people's belongings. You would give it back to her when she came back. You laid around for a while and eventually all the other girls came to the bedroom and went to sleep. Chiyo didn't seem to be coming again.

You rested yourself to go to sleep and accidentally dropped the paper from earlier on the floor. It opened a little and as you were picking it up you saw the words.

"...until it doubles."

Your curiosity grew and you couldn't help but look inside the paper... just a little more. "(Name)." Someone chirped next to you. You quickly closed the paper.

"Chiyo!" You gasped with surprise.

"I just came to get something I dropped earlier, have you seen a paper lying around?"

"Here." You handed her the paper.

"Yay! I'm glad I found it! Did you read what was inside?"

I shook my head. "Nope, I figured I should respect your privacy."

She grinned, "I bet you want to know what it says."

"Not at all."

"Well it's nothing too exciting. Just a letter from the people that are going to help you out of the city. They confirmed that you could leave tomorrow."

You felt your curiosity leave you. "All right then," you replied. Tomorrow felt so far away. Chiyo got up with the letter then left. You watched her leave then you closed your eyes and went to sleep.

After a while you woke up. It may have been from nervousness but you couldn't fall asleep again. You looked out the window to see it was still night. Maybe you weren't thinking straight because you were tired, but you got up out of the bed and threw on a hooded cloak. You had had enough of being cooped up in that room and decided to quickly get some fresh air. Besides you wouldn't go too far.

The outside breeze blew through you hair as you sat up against a tree just a little from the servant entrance. The grass was cold and the stars twinkled overhead. You sat there taking in the peace of the night, then closed your eyes. You let the sounds of the night surround you.

"Miss..." You heard of voice calling out to you. The voice sounded bored. You opened your eyes and saw the sun rising over the horizon. You jumped up realizing you had fallen asleep outside. Then you remembered someone had woken you up. Before you could see who it was you looked down and pulled your hood further over your head, trying to hide who you were. The person that was standing there began to walk off. You glanced up to see who it was and for a split second you made eye contact with him. You quickly looked back down, away from him. You had looked away before you could see him completely all you saw were his pink eyes. When you looked up again he was gone. Seeing the sun rise you decided to go back in the mansion before anymore people saw you.

When you went inside everyone was already awake. You snuck back into your room. When you made it back to your room you saw Chiyo standing next to your bed. She heard you walk in and turned around.

"(Name)! You weren't here, I was afraid they had found you," She whined.

"I'm sorry. I was just outside getting some fresh air."

"Well are you ready to leave?"

You remembered that you were going to escape that day. The nervousness filled you again. This time it was a little different you felt worried. You had the strangest feeling that something was wrong, but you ignored it. "Yes!"

You pulled your hood over your head then followed Chiyo out of the mansion and into the streets. It wasn't too crowded because it was still early in the day. However, a few people lingered here and there. After walking for a bit Chiyo turned into an alley. She went through many turns until you had completely lost track of where you were. She lead you to a run down shack which seemed to be hidden from the rest of the world. She entered it and you followed. After you entered she went behind you and locked the door.

"We have to be careful incase anyone followed us." She looked over at you. "I'll get you something to drink while we wait for the others to arrive." She walked into the only other room in the shack. Soon, she came back with a cup of tea. She handed it to you and sat down on a stool next to you. "So, are you ready for your escape?"

"Yes. I'm going to get out of here!" You looked in your tea and saw your confident smiling face. You lifted the tea up to your lips and took a sip of the tea.

Chico smiled at you, "Can you be certain of that?"

You made eye contact with Chiyo. "What?" Then, suddenly you felt dizzy. The cup you held fell on the floor and shattered. Your vision began to fade as you collapsed onto the floor.

When you woke up you were tied and gagged. Your ears rang and your head felt like it was going to split open. You laid on the floor for a while in a delirious state. It took some time before you could recall what happened. Before you could think too much about it 2 people walked in the room. It was that man from the kitchen and Chiyo. Chiyo squatted down in front of you. She had a big smile across her face.

"Now, now (Name), why would you want to leave town when you have a prince who loves you so much that he's willing to pay so much to get you back?" You widened your eyes. "Oh, but don't worry we'll soon return you to him. We just need to see how much you're worth to him."

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A/N: Wow! Who was expecting that?